Metal vehicle-wheel.



TI E. MURRAY.

METAL'VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MM 2, 1915.

I Patnted June 6,1916.

THOM'AS E. MURRAY, 01 NEVI YORK, N. Y.

METAL VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1916.

App1ication filed. March 2, 1916. Serial No. si,5ss.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs E. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Metal VehicleWVheels, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to metal vehicle wheels, and consists in the brake pulley formed of a simple metal band, having notches receiving' the tubular spokes of the wheel, and welded to said spokes.

The object is to simplify and cheapen the construction.

In the accompauyi 'hmviugs'-l?igure 1 is a perspective v ew or the hrakepulley in place on the wheel spokes. elevation of the same. Fig. 3 shows the brake pulley separately and in perspective. Fig". at is a section on the line .v', a. of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 shows the spoke-reeeivi notch in the edge ol the brake pulley before the projectifln in said notch has lzeen bent over.

Similar letters of relenzncc indicate like parts.

A is the wheel, hody, to the spokes ll of which the hralte pulley "1, is attached. aid pulley is a ring or hand ol metal having on one edge as many notches l as there are Spokes in the wheel to which it is applied. In each notch is left a middle projection l havingstraight edges. The edges l of the Fig. 2 is a side notch are inclined toward the base of said pro ect1on, and on each edge 1s formed a V-shaped lug G. The projection E is bent or tile metal of bent over radially inward.

Tn combination with the spokes of a metal vehicle wheel, a brake pulley consist lug o'f'a circular hand having in one edge a )lurali'ty of notches. each receivin a Wheel Lt:

spoke and each having at its bottom a projection formed of the metal of the hand bent radially inward and welded to the spoke, and. the said spokes being also welded to the edges of said notches.

in testimony whereoi I have atlixed my signature in presence of two witnesses. THOMAS E. MURRAY. l l ituesses GERTHUDE T. PORTER, MAY T. MCGARRY. 

